Putting Up Numbers· college football

Miami (OH)’s pass attempts with David McComb and since David McComb’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (OH) was 1.5 pass attempts over with David McComb and 3.5 pass attempts under since David McComb’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 28.0 and 23.5, a difference of 4.5. All 4 conference games were since David McComb’s last game. All 4 nonconference games were with David McComb.

David McComb, quarterback: 1,121 passing yards, 103 pass attempts and 65 completions in 4 of those 25 games, 92% of Miami (OH)’s pass attempts in those games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +5.0 difference in pass attempts over expected with David McComb vs since David McComb’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +4.5 difference in pass attempts with David McComb vs since David McComb’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with David McCombsince David McComb’s last game
Miami (OH)’s games, last 25 games, each marked with David McComb or since David McComb’s last game
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 29, 2024@Bowling GreenW2829.6
Dec 7, 2024vsOhio (neutral)L2530.2
Dec 28, 2024vsColorado State (neutral)W2532.5
Aug 28, 2025@WisconsinL1827.9
Sep 6, 2025@RutgersL2325.9
Sep 20, 2025vsUNLVL3028.3
Sep 27, 2025vsLLindenwoodW21—
Oct 4, 2025@Northern IllinoisW2626.8
Oct 11, 2025@AkronW2629.9
Oct 18, 2025vsEastern MichiganW2228.2
Oct 25, 2025vsWestern MichiganW3027.6
Nov 4, 2025@OhioL2528.5
Nov 12, 2025vsToledoL3828.1
Nov 19, 2025@BuffaloW2528.1
Nov 29, 2025vsBall StateW2428.3
Dec 6, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L3727.0
Dec 27, 2025vsFresno State (neutral)L2226.5
Sep 5, 2026@PittsburghL3727.2
Sep 12, 2026vsHoly CrossW15—
Sep 19, 2026@CincinnatiL2833.6
Sep 26, 2026vsUConnW3231.7
Oct 3, 2026vsBowling GreenL2422.3
Oct 10, 2026@UMassW2128.7
Oct 17, 2026vsAkronW1630.5
Oct 24, 2026@Central MichiganW3326.4

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.1 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 60% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Holy Cross has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with David McComb nor since David McComb’s last game: David McComb had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.